Jeff Donnell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 10, 1921
- Died
- April 11, 1988 (aged 66)
- Birthplace
- Windham, Maine, USA
Biography
Jean Marie "Jeff" Donnell (July 10, 1921 — April 11, 1988) was an American film and television actress. She grew up in South Windham, Maine. As a child, she adopted the nickname "Jeff" after the character in her favorite comic strip, Mutt and Jeff. Donnell graduated from Towson High School, Towson, Maryland, in 1938 and attended the Leland Powers School of Drama in Boston, Massachusetts. Later, she studied at the Yale School of Drama. She was signed to a contract by Columbia Pictures in 1942 and made her film debut in My Sister Eileen. She later had roles in some RKO films. She was not a major star, but she did have a lengthy film and television career in various supporting roles, including the role of Gidget's mother, "Dorothy Lawrence", opposite Carl Reiner in the 1961 movie Gidget Goes Hawaiian. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeff Donnell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Rendezvous Hotel
Movie · as Mrs. Williams
Portrait of a Stripper
Movie · as Edith Sterling
Murder by Natural Causes
Movie · as Mrs. Mathews
Spider-Man
Movie · as Aunt May Parker
Gibbsville
TV · 1 ep
McNaughton's Daughter
TV · as Mrs. Wilson · 3 eps
Matt Helm
TV · as Ethel · 7 eps
Paper Moon
TV · as Mrs. Carson · 1 ep
A Gift of Terror
Movie · as Mrs. Cummings
The Girl with Something Extra
TV · 1 ep
Police Story
TV · 2 eps
Here We Go Again
TV · as Aunt Patti · 1 ep
Barnaby Jones
TV · as Janet Gossett · 1 ep
Stand Up and Be Counted
Movie · as Ruth
Me and the Chimp
TV · 1 ep
Emergency!
TV · as Katie · 1 ep
The Bob Newhart Show
TV · as Clara Hackler · 1 ep
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
TV · as Mrs. Cummings · 1 ep
Love Hate Love
Movie · as Mary Blunden
Congratulations, It's a Boy!
Movie · as Rose
Cannon
TV · 1 ep
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Movie · as Cornelia
The Partridge Family
TV · as Mrs. Monahan · 1 ep
The Comic
Movie · as Nurse
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV · as Cleaning Woman · 1 ep
Medical Center
TV · as Mrs. Hersey · 1 ep
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
TV · as Nurse Klein · 1 ep
Love, American Style
TV · as Mrs. Hutton, Mrs. Gellar · 1 ep
Adam-12
TV · as Mrs. James Nelson · 1 ep
The Mothers-in-Law
TV · as Elaine · 1 ep
Felony Squad
TV · 1 ep
Gidget
TV · 1 ep
The F.B.I.
TV · as Rooming House Manager, Mrs. Kraft · 1 ep
Bristle Face
Movie · as Mrs. Jarkey
Daniel Boone
TV · as Varna Montgomery · 1 ep
The Addams Family
TV · as Eleanor Digby · 1 ep
The Iron Maiden
Movie · as Miriam Fisher
Gidget Goes to Rome
Movie · as Mrs. Lawrence
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Gidget Goes Hawaiian
Movie · as Dorothy Lawrence
Force of Impulse
Movie · as Louise Reese
Mister Ed
TV · as Martha Harper · 1 ep
Dr. Kildare
TV · as Evelyn Driscoll · 5 eps
Special for Women
TV · as The Career Woman · 1 ep
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TV · as Millie Moon · 1 ep
Sweet Smell of Success
Movie · as Sally
My Man Godfrey
Movie · as Molly
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
Movie · as Mary Wheller
Destination 60,000
Movie · as Ruth Buckley
Perry Mason
TV · as Sylvia Dykes, Rose Carol · 1 ep
Magnificent Roughnecks
Movie · as Julie
Sincerely, Willis Wade
Movie · as Sylvia
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Matinee Theater
TV · 1 ep
Massacre Canyon
Movie · as Cora
Meet the O'Briens
Movie · as Nancy
Climax!
TV · as Kay Matheson · 1 ep
The George Gobel Show
TV · as Self · 66 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Mrs. Jarkey · 2 eps
Studio 57
TV · 1 ep
The Blue Gardenia
Movie · as Sally Ellis
So This Is Love
Movie · as Henrietta Van Dyke
Flight Nurse
Movie · as Lt. Ann Phillips
Thief of Damascus
Movie · as Sheherazade
The First Time
Movie · as Donna Gilbert
Skirts Ahoy!
Movie · as Giff
Because You're Mine
Movie · as Patty Ware
Omnibus
TV · as Helen · 1 ep
Cavalcade of America
TV · as Ann Rutledge · 1 ep
The Ford Television Theatre
TV · as Doris · 1 ep
Three Guys Named Mike
Movie · as Alice Raymend
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · 1 ep
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Pug, Marlene · 1 ep
Racket Squad
TV · 1 ep
In a Lonely Place
Movie · as Sylvia Nicolai
The Fuller Brush Girl
Movie · as Jane Bixby
Walk Softly, Stranger
Movie · as Gwen
Redwood Forest Trail
Movie · as Julie Wescott
Hoedown
Movie · as Vera Wright
Big Timber
Movie · as Sally
Easy Living
Movie · as Penny McCarr
Roughshod
Movie · as Elaine Wyatt
Post Office Investigator
Movie · as April Shaughnessy
Stagecoach Kid
Movie · as Jessie Arnold
Outcasts of the Trail
Movie · as Vinnie White
Mr. District Attorney
Movie · as Miss Miller
Night Editor
Movie · as Martha Cochrane
The Unknown
Movie · as Nina Arnold
The Phantom Thief
Movie · as Anne Parks Duncan
That Texas Jamboree
Movie · as Jean Warren
Singing on the Trail
Movie · as Cindy Brown
Throw a Saddle on a Star
Movie · as Judy Lane
Cowboy Blues
Movie · as Susan Nelson
Tars and Spars
Movie · as Peggy McDougal
It's Great to Be Young
Movie · as Georgia Johnson
The Power of the Whistler
Movie · as Frances 'Francie' Lane
Over 21
Movie · as Jan Lupton
Song of the Prairie
Movie · as Penelope 'Penny' Stevens
Eadie Was a Lady
Movie · as Pamela 'Pepper' Parker
A Thousand and One Nights
Movie · as Harem Girl
Carolina Blues
Movie · as Charlotte Barton
3 Is a Family
Movie · as Hazel Whittaker
Dancing in Manhattan
Movie · as Julie Connors
She's a Soldier Too
Movie · as Mary Fleming (uncredited)
Stars on Parade
Movie · as Mary Brooks
Nine Girls
Movie · as "Butch" Hendricks
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
Movie
There's Something About a Soldier
Movie · as Jean Burton
Doughboys in Ireland
Movie · as Molly Callahan
The Boogie Man Will Get You
Movie · as Winnie Slade
My Sister Eileen
Movie · as Helen Loomis
A Night to Remember
Movie · as Anne Carstairs